For Balthazare Magazine’s very first mixtape, we called La Fraicheur. Who else?
It wasn’t Sophie’s Choice, and when she started jumping up and down from excitement, we knew we had the right pick.
Thoroughly and actively in love with Soul, House or Electro for years now, word on the street is that she can’t stay a week without dancing in Berghain til she drops. It’s vital she says. Some go for a jogging, she goes sweating on the dancefloor.
We have a listen.
For this R’n’B & Chill Trap selection, she decided to start oh so smoothly with some soul beats suave and mellow like she likes them, followed by a great surprise at the end of the first fifteen minutes : “Drive (part 1)” by the sublime Ben Khan. A gem.
Follows a subtle mix of tracks deep / lover / deep again / soft / deep but just the right amount, much to our delight.
Halfway through the tape, the situation is pretty clear, we’re under the spell. So we keep at it, a foot already in a bed of love. Or lust, in the best way, as the tempo quickens and heat rises. Slowly. Until it’s time to breathe and finish the hour peacefuly with mega lova lova ultra soul tracks, alternating beats.
Irresistible, this mixtape is aptly named : Make Out, Fuck, Cuddle, Love, Repeat.